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Overview
- Shares the author’s personal testimony and spiritual journey with speaking in tongues
- Examines the history of this gift in the church for the past two thousand years
- Interacts with those who have denied that this gift is valid for today’s church
- Speaks to the relationship between Spirit baptism, Spirit filling, and the gift of tongues
- Is the gift of tongues for every Christian or only some?
- How does the gift of tongues operate in the life of the believer individually in private practice?
- How does the gift of tongues operate in the corporate assembly of God’s church?
- How is the Christian edified and strengthened by praying in tongues?
- How do I pray for the gift and prepare my heart to receive it?
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781629996073 |
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Publisher: | Charisma Media |
Publication date: | 06/04/2019 |
Pages: | 272 |
Sales rank: | 660,993 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction-Tongues: A Good Gift From the Father of Lights 1
Chapter 1 My First Experience of Speaking in Tongues 9
Chapter 2 Tongues in Scripture 19
1 What happened on the day of Pentecost? 19
2 Where else in Acts did people speak in tongues? 31
Chapter 3 Tongues and Spirit Baptism 39
3 Does the gift of tongues always and invariably follow Spirit baptism as its initial physical evidence? 42
Chapter 4 Tongues and Foreign Languages 61
4 Are tongues always human languages previously unlearned by the speaker? If not, what kind of language is speaking in tongues? 62
Chapter 5 The Purpose of Tongues, Part I 73
5 Is the gift of tongues primarily designed for the evangelism of unbelievers? 73
6 Is it OK to seek personal edification by speaking in tongues? 75
7 What does Paul mean when he says that the person who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues? Is tongues inferior to prophecy? 82
8 Is tongues-speech an "ecstatic" experience? 84
Chapter 6 The Purpose of Tongues, Part II 89
9 Is speaking in tongues a sign of anti-intellectualism or a sign that people are afraid of deep theological thinking? 90
10 Is tongues-speech primarily directed to men or to God? 94
11 If tongues is primarily a form of prayer in words we don't understand, how can it be helpful to us in our relationship with God? 96
12 Is tongues also a way to worship God? 100
13 Is it permissible for people to sing in tongues in corporate worship? 102
Chapter 7 Public Expression of Tongues 105
14 Does Paul always insist on interpretation if tongues are used in the public gathering of the church, and if so, why? 105
15 Does Paul teach that tongues may be used in private devotional prayer, or must all tongues-speech take place in the corporate assembly of the church, followed by interpretation? 108
Chapter 8 Tongues as a Spiritual Gift 123
16 What is the gift of interpretation of tongues? 123
17 Why is tongues-speech often so rapid? 132
18 Why do some say that speaking in tongues is the least important spiritual gift? Is it? 132
19 Is the fact that tongues is mentioned only in Acts and 1 Corinthians an indication that New Testament authors regarded it as comparatively unimportant in the Christian life? 136
Chapter 9 Tongues and Prayer 139
20 What does it mean to "pray in the Spirit"? Is this a reference to speaking in tongues? 139
21 Does Romans 8:26-27 refer to the gift of tongues? 143
22 Can we learn anything about tongues from Mark 16:17? 146
23 Can a person pray for another person in uninterpreted tongues? 149
24 How might tongues help us in our spiritual battle with Satan and his demonic forces? 151
Chapter 10 Tongues and Revelation 157
25 Is tongues revelatory? 157
26 Is tongues a sign of judgment against unbelieving Jews? 162
Chapter 11 Tongues and the Believer 167
27 If I don't have the gift of tongues but want it, what should I do? 168
28 Can or should all Christians speak in tongues? Is tongues a gift God intends to supply to every believer, or is it only given to some? 178
Chapter 12 Tongues in Early Christianity, Part I 189
29 Do we have good biblical reasons to believe the gift of tongues is still valid for today? 190
Chapter 13 Tongues in Early Christianity, Part II 205
30 Did tongues and other miraculous gifts of the Spirit disappear in church history following the death of the apostles, only to reappear in the twentieth century? 205
Chapter 14 Encouraging Testimonies of Others Who Speak in Tongues 229
About the Author 241
Notes 243